The pole vault event, with Armand Duplantis and Sam Kendricks, in addition to the Lavillenie brothers, promises to be one of the highlights of the meeting in Oslo, the sixth round of the Diamond League, which will take place this Thursday night.
This will be the third and penultimate outdoor event before the Eugene World Championships for Armand Duplantis, the only gold missing on his record. He tops the world ranking of the year with 6.01 in Hengelo.
The 22-year-old Swede will once again measure forces against American Sam Kendricks, two-time world champion (2017 and 2019) and deprived of the 2020 Olympic Games by Covid-19, as well as against Lavillenie siblings Renaud and Valentin.
So far, “We’re a bit unlucky with the weather; I hope we have a good weather. I hope we have a good weather. If we have, we can do good things. It’s a place where I can jump high.,” He said. ‘Mondo’, “satisfied” with his start to the season.
Kendricks, who has only one competition under his belt (a meeting in the United States in early April), is making his international debut in the Norwegian capital. If he says “he’s old compared to the young prince next to me”, the American pole vaulter, who will be 30 in September, is said to be “stronger and faster than ever”.
Another of the highlights was the men’s hectometer: “If the weather is good, it’s possible to run in less than ten seconds,” said André De Grasse, who in the latter part of the Diamond League made the best time in 10 ”twenty isa.
In his 100 meters in Oslo and in the 200 meters he must run on Saturday in Paris, his last two tests before the Eugene World Championships in less than a month (July 15-24), the Canadian, who was crowned Olympic 200-meter champion and bronze medalist in the 100 meters in Tokyo last summer, will take some lessons with insight into a possible double on the American track.
“I’m still thinking. I’m a bit late in practice this season due to minor injuries, I’m working on getting up to speed, I’m feeling pretty good right now, the next two races will tell me more.”
Source: La Verdad
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